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Long distance endurance and strategy
While in Flatwater Racing events, paddlers race on a straight course, Marathon Racing involves paddling sleek racing craft over long distances, on either the flatwater of lakes, and dams, or the flowing water of a river. Traditional Marathon Racing competitions, like ICF World Cup and World Championships, involve a fixed flatwater course with regular portages, where the paddler must carry the canoe or kayak. Each race lasts approximately 3 hours.
Many popular marathons are raced down sections of river, where the paddler must negociate the currents, rapids or weirs, or else portage around these obstacles. Some of these events attract over 2000 athletes each year and are often run inseveral stages over several days.
Danish canoe marathon paddler Mads Pedersen is one of the finalists for the World Games athlete of the year. In 2019 he excelled both at European and World Championships, becoming the first athlete to win U23 and Senior European Champion title at the same championships and also becoming U23 and Senior World Champion in the same season.
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Estonian Canoe Federation invites all canoe marathon paddlers to an international canoeing marathon in Estonia. One of the Worlds’ toughest and most beautiful canoeing marathons will start in the early morning of 18th April 2020.
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Jose Ramalho, multiple European Canoe Marathon Champion, has found new challenges. Portuguese paddler is the new technical coordinator at Clube Náutico de Prado.
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